Mária Zajíčková: Habánsky Yard in the village of Veľké Leváre (p. 31 – 33)

Habánsky Yard in the village of Veľké Leváre was established in 1588 and was assigned the status of folk architecture preserve area in 1981 for being an untouched and unique urban complex. The house underwent a preservation reconstruction between 1997 and 2002. A new permanent exhibition presenting the history of Veľké Leváre from the Middle Ages till 1950s was opened in November 2006 in the Izer´s House. In addition, the exhibition discloses the origin of habans – Anabaptists (Anabaptism formed in the Alps regions around the early 15th century) and their arrival to Veľké Leváre in 1588. The history depiction concentrates on the transformation from collective to individual farming (1686) and conversion to Catholicism (1761 – 1782) and presents the development of family and religious life as well as the education of young generation. The most numerous part of exhibition covers crafts, particularly production of knife blades, cutlery, cabinetmaking, wheelwrighting, jar making, weaving, tailoring and shoemaking and displays original texts, photos and collections.

Further articles in the magazine Craft, Art, Design 01/2007:

• A jewel in the sky
• Mega work and jeweller
• A toy with an expression
• On the winter survey at the AFAD
• Askold´s glass
• Spirit of Mozart – Paris, Prague and Vienna
• Dimensions of visual arts in tinkery
• Mária Zajíčková: Habánsky Yard in the village of Veľké Leváre (p. 31 – 33)
• Secession lace from the town of Kremnica and Vojtech Angyal
• Basket-making in Slovakia
• Special baskets from the Orava region
• Calabash, bulrush and Easter eggs
• Violin makers at a competition